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General => News => Topic started by: Customizer on January 21, 2008, 21:37:44
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Hi,
i read a thread at klickywelt about new heads.
http://www.klickywelt.de/neuer-spar-kopf-von-playmobil-t24317.html (http://www.klickywelt.de/neuer-spar-kopf-von-playmobil-t24317.html)
Today i buy some new Spezials and find the new head.
Inside was a hole ,too !
ENJOY the pictures.
What do you think about this holes ???
world greets
Andi
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Very odd. I hadn't heard of this before. I wonder what purpose it serves. :eh?:
Does Hannibal say the hole is causing problems when he tries to disassemble the figures?
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Just imaging how much plastic would be saved if you times that little hole by millions . your Talking about many many grams . ::)
We are now on our way to greener pastures with fresher air. ;D
That is unless it really does have a purpose ???
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Very odd. I hadn't heard of this before. I wonder what purpose it serves. :eh?:
It's a secret Playmobil whistle, Sylvia ... :toot:
(I thought that everyone knew that.) ... 8}
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It's a secret Playmobil whistle, Sylvia ... :toot:
(I thought that everyone knew that.) ... 8}
*LOL*
yes i do ........... but i hear nothing hmmm
I think you hear a sound only a child blow in ! ;D
ok must tell you some NEWs.
I bought the new crusader and must say i had one with a new head inside and one with a old head.
I think playmobil will change it step by step.
I disassemble the figure with the new head so i heard if the head look ahead there are no problems, but if you turn it to a side the hole broke.
world greets
Andi
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I disassemble the figure with the new head so i heard if the head look ahead there are no problems, but if you turn it to a side the hole broke.
That's a good tip, when the new heads start appearing in greater numbers it'll be necessary to check which sort you have before disasssembly. I suspect we'll all suffer a couple of broken knecks before we learn.
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there are some theories that this hole might serve as a fixation point for facial imprints.
...which would be a step forward as many imprints are dislocated. :yup:
but the clear drawback is the instability when you dissemble the klickies...
...which maybe is another reason for this developement. :o ;)
best,
socrates
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:o
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It's a secret Playmobil whistle, Sylvia ... :toot:
(I thought that everyone knew that.) ... 8}
Rofl rofl rofl
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there are some theories that this hole might serve as a fixation point for facial imprints.
...which would be a step forward as many imprints are dislocated. :yup:
Yep, that must be it!
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What do you think about these holes ???
world greets Andi
I can't accept they've come up with this idea to save plastic, the same saving could have been made by just shortening the length of the peg fractionally.
Similarly, how does this help locate facial features? The infill for the faces doesn't reach the peg hole. If you want to make sure the head is facing the right way in a machine before filling in the face, wouldn't the big notch on the back of the head do this job already, and better?
The only think I can think is that it does help the manufacturing process somehow, especially as they're going more automated, but how I'm not sure.
It does seem like a teeny-tiny change 30 years into the manufacturing process, but they wouldn't do this for no reason.
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If you want to make sure the head is facing the right way in a machine before filling in the face, wouldn't the big notch on the back of the head do this job already, and better?
Just what I thought myself, Martin! ... ;)
It does seem like a teeny-tiny change 30 years into the manufacturing process, but they wouldn't do this for no reason.
For "no reason?" ... :lol:
Surely you jest ... ;D
If anyone thinks that Playmobil has a good reason for what they do, then they need to take another look at Playmobil's erratic numbering "system" ... or, Playmobil's incompatibility between Steck and System-X ... 8}
Zirndorf has been doing things "for no reason" for years!
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Anyway, a thing am sure, it is that heads cheer themselves up no problem.
One of my members found it in limp her with blue soldiers of the king (SAV) and has succeed in taking back them up.
At the moment not really of explanation on this evolution, to follow...
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Just what I thought myself, Martin! ... ;)
For "no reason?" ... :lol:
Surely you jest ... ;D
If anyone thinks that Playmobil has a good reason for what they do, then they need to take another look at Playmobil's erratic numbering "system" ... or, Playmobil's incompatibility between Steck and System-X ... 8}
Zirndorf has been doing things "for no reason" for years!
;D True, though at least the Specials follow a linear numbering system.
I do get fed up with poor thinking behind design (methinks I'm about to go off-topic again).
When we started a new accounting system in our office 8 years ago, the invoice numbers were set to be two digits to indicate the company (01, 02 etc), followed by 12 digits for the invoice number. I pointed out that this was far too long, and at the rate we were billing invoices, about 2,000 a year, it would take several billion years to reach 01,999,999,999,999. My suggestion to cut it to 5 or 6 digits was ignored, and now we're about to replace the system, we still have to tell every client "invoice 01, followed by seven zeros, 14985" etc.
So to show my rant was slightly relevant, the original designs for the klickies were so well thought out by Hans Beck that they have barely changed in 30 years, and all changes (to add beards, earrings, boots, belts etc.) were able to be incorporated with the minimum of fuss, so that old klickies and new klickies can co-exist peacefully.
So this miniscule, and invisible to most, design change - why?
After chatting with my wife, who has a degree in mechanical engineering and is pretty wise about fluid mechanics:
1) it clearly signifies a change in the moulds (maybe the old ones are reaching their life expectancy),
2) it may improve the flow of hot liquid plastic into the mould (I can explain this in greater fluid mechanics detail if anyone's interested), thus reducing wastage on badly mouded heads, and yes,
3) that tiny bit of saved plastic (and I think the saving of the coloured plastic inside the head) will in time add up to pay for the new machine!
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I may be saying nonsense, as I never had one of these new heads in my hands, but everytime I dissasemble klickies a part of the head peg tip is damaged... Perhaps the hole is in the part of the peg damaged, and if you pull the head out while the klicky is looking forwards, you can remove the head easily without damaging this part of the peg (I do not care much about the damage on the peg as it is invisible, and the head in the reassembled klicky is still retained).